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Inadequacy of Resources for Caregivers for Dementia Patients in California

General Background of the Problems

Common cause of abnormal change in the brain-Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's accounts for about 60-80% of Dementia cases

46.8 million persons in the world live with Dementia

The most common cause of abnormal change in the brain is Alzheimer's, accounting for about 60-80% of Dementia cases (Sauer, 2019). According to the World Alzheimer Report (2019), 46.8 million persons in the world now live with Dementia, and the number is double after 20 years.

General Background of the Problems

Dementia is characterized by:

Memory loss

Problem-solving inability

The general term for loss of thinking abilities such as memory loss, problem-solving, language, and others that are serious enough to impair someone's day to day activities is Dementia.

Inadequacy of Resources for Caregivers for Dementia Patients in California

When does memory loss become unmanageable for family members and disrupt the elderly family member to live independently or maintain a social life?

Inadequacy of Resources for Caregivers for Dementia Patients in California

How does the lack of community resources influence the family care provider to care for the elderly with memory loss?

General Background of the Problems

Dementia is characterized by:

Language inability

Thinking inability

Inadequacy of Resources for Caregivers for Dementia Patients in California

What initiatives can be developed to improve the quality of care provided by healthcare works in California

General Problem

Lack of appropriate caregiver support for the family members with Dementia in the

United States

This research's general problem is that families do not have the appropriate support for the elderly with Dementia in the United States. Older adults with Dementia face a decline in their cognitive abilities that progressively decrease in their ability to carry out basic everyday tasks. As a result, they need full-time care, and mostly for the rest of their lives. In most cases, family members take on caring for Dementia (Bieber, Nguyen, Meyer & Stephan, 2019).

Untrained caregivers for the dementia patients

Need for help and support to deliver the care effectively

Balancing caregiving and their lives.

Family forms a large part of the informal caregiver group in Dementia care and the largest proportion of total caregivers for dementia patients. Because family care is informal since the family members, including children, grandchildren, or siblings, offering care are not trained professionally for the tasks, they need a lot of help and support to deliver the care effectively and obtain a balance for their lives.

Specific Problems

The family caregiver support not prevalent for elderly memory care patients in California

The research's specific problem is that family caregiver support is not prevalent for elderly memory care patients in California. Statistics indicate that over 630000 dementia patients in California, with projections of the number rising to over one million by 2050, thus the need for support dementia patients and their caregivers (Flatt, Hollister & Chapman, 2018). The growing number of people suffering from Dementia demands for both formal and informal care services to attend to these people.

The patient's access to the care depends on:

The socio-economic status

Availability of the healthcare providers

The patient's access to the care depends on:

Availability of family Caregiver

Cooperation in care networks

Provision of resource services

The patient's access to the care depends on the socio-economic status, availability of the healthcare providers, care setting, cooperation in care networks, and provision of services.

Purpose of the Research

To improve family caregiver support and resources for elderly memory care patients in California

This research aims to improve family caregiver support and resources for elderly memory care patients in California. They need to be educated on the care needs, protocols, prepare for the complex, and consume task ahea and support with avenues to take a break from the care routine. Also, caregivers' social, economic, and psychological well-being needs to be considered and supported to promote appropriate care (Cheng, 2017). Thus, I need to improve family care ti8ver support and resources for dementia patients in California.

Findings

Taking care of family members is challenging for caregivers

Lack of resources for caregivers

Taking care of family members has proven challenging for caregivers due to a lack of resources in the United States. These patients needed care, and about 15 million caregivers were employed to help them. These people worked for a countless number of hours that they had not been paid.

Findings

Lack of payment for caregivers

Lack of education for caregivers

This can lead to serious demoralization among the caregivers (Behrman, Wilkinson, Lloyd & Vincent, 2016). The findings from this essay may lead to addressing the growing needs of the caregivers.

Findings

Family caregivers are not assessed for capacity, willingness, or ability to take care of the elderly

Not equipped with the skills and knowledge

. Family caregivers are not assessed for capacity, willingness, or ability to take care of the elderly (Molnar & Frank, 2018). They are also not equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to deliver the care appropriately competently. More so, family caregivers' personal lives are not considered in tasking them with the responsibility, which later leads to their personal lives.

Unexpected Findings

Insufficient resources to effectively support family caregivers

Structural barriers

Lack of knowledge of support programs and facilities

There are insufficient resources to effectively support family caregivers, structural barriers, and a lack of knowledge of support programs and facilities (Schilz et al., 2018).

Recommendations

Provision of tax incentives to the caregivers

Free counseling sessions for caregivers

Availing the needed resources

The government need to provide tax incentives to the caregivers. One’s children, relatives, siblings, or other family members care for many elderly people in need. Many caregivers barely make ends meet while also delivering quality care to family members which can be challenging. The time, energy and financial stress that goes into caring for a loved one can be massive. Family members do not have the resources to pay for professional care which eliminates the ability to claim professional care tax deduction.

The development of community caregiver resources would include respite care, free counseling session for caregivers, and easy accessibility to needed resources. The main caregiver is given a break for a given duration of time to attend to their needs and other issues. At the same time, a secondary caregiver also takes care of the pantie for a given time duration. During the break period, the main caregiver can undergo an assessment to check their mental status, to help prevent them from developing conditions like depression.

Recommendations

Caregivers’ training programs

Provision of courses in geriatrics

The government can also develop and also help in the provision of courses in geriatrics. This is because dementia is a disease that is majorly associated with the elderly. This will help the caregivers develop essentials knowledge that they can use to take care of their elderly sick patients. Doing this will help reduce cases of patients being abandoned by their families due to their condition, claiming they lack the necessary skills that they need to take care of their patients.

Final Thoughts

Opportunity for community leaders in healthcare to:

Develop community programs

Findings from this research revealed that there is an opportunity for community leaders in healthcare to develop community programs, educate family member, care givers and provide needed resources

Final Thoughts

Opportunity for community leaders in healthcare to:

Educate caregivers

Provide needed resources

Findings from this research revealed that there is an opportunity for community leaders in healthcare to develop community programs, educate family member, care givers and provide needed resources

References

Aigbogun, M., Stellhorn, R., Hartry, A., Baker, R., & Fillit, H. (2019). Treatment patterns and burden of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia in the United States: a claims database analysis. BMC Neurology, 19(1). doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1260-3

Behrman, S., Wilkinson, P., Lloyd, H., & Vincent, C. (2016). Patient safety in community dementia services: what can we learn from the experiences of caregivers and healthcare professionals?. Age And Ageing, 46(3), 518-521. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw220

Hiyoshi-Taniguchi, K., Becker, C., & Kinoshita, A. (2017). What Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia Affect Caregiver Burnout?. Clinical Gerontologist, 41(3), 249-254. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1398797

Kelley, A., McGarry, K., Gorges, R., & Skinner, J. (2015). The Burden of Health Care Costs for Patients With Dementia in the Last 5 Years of Life. Annals Of Internal Medicine, 163(10), 729. doi: 10.7326/m15-0381

References

Morgan, R., Bass, D., Judge, K., Liu, C., Wilson, N., & Snow, A. et al. (2015). A Break-Even Analysis for Dementia Care Collaboration: Partners in Dementia Care. Journal Of General Internal Medicine, 30(6), 804-809. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3205-x

Thies, W., & Bleiler, L. (2013). 2013 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 9(2), 208-245. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.02.003

Wolff, J., Spillman, B., Freedman, V., & Kasper, J. (2016). A National Profile of Family and Unpaid Caregivers Who Assist Older Adults With Health Care Activities. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176(3), 372. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7664

Zwingmann, I., Dreier-Wolfgramm, A., Esser, A., Wucherer, D., Thyrian, J., & Eichler, T. et al. (2020). Why do family dementia caregivers reject caregiver support services? Analyzing types of rejection and associated health-impairments in a cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-4970-8

Findings

Policies in place to protect the caregiver and the patient

Policies include; the National Alzheimer's Project Policy Act

The policy signed by the former president, Barrack Obama

Policies have been put in place to help protect both the caregiver and the patient, and they have been put to help in giving the procedure stat need to be taken into account when taking care of these patients. Policies like the National Alzheimer's Project Policy Act have been put in place to help such scenarios (Morgan et al., 2015). This policy was signed by the former president of the United States of America, Barrack Obama.